How to fix AirTag location not updating for last 11 hours?

The Apple AirTags rely on two things:

1. Bluetooth
2. The Apple Find My network. This networks consists of literally millions of iPhones.

Basically, in order to get updated tag location updates, the following must occur:

• The AirTag broadcasts a Bluetooth beacon, every 3-5 mins that includes an encrypted tag ID.
• Any iPhone, with an active Internet connection, that is within Bluetooth range (~30-40'), can receive these broadcasts.
• When received, the iPhone can relay both the tag's ID & the phone's GPS location to the Apple servers over the Internet.
• This is where you would see the location updates with the Find My app on your iPhone.

Some of the reasons you are not getting updates are:

• No other iPhone was nearby or all are turned off. The latter is typical at a school.
• The tag started to beep. They will when separated from their host iPhone for a certain length of time. This is by design as a anti-stalking feature by Apple. Someone could then remove the tag's battery.

It's important to understand, regardless of any 3rd-party marketing hype, AirTags are NOT designed for tracking a moving object. Be that object a person or a pet. Numerous people do, and then post here complaining that it doesn't work. Just saying.

If you want to know your child's location, and I totally understand why you want to, you should consider either of the the following ... both are based on GPS technology:

• Providing them with an iPhone. Yes, I understand that your child is in Pre-K.
• Use a dedicated GPS tracking device. There are a number of manufacturers that provide these ... typically for pets.

was the AirTag in range with a iPhone in the last 11 hours? If not, the location will not update.